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Security for Breeders Cup Includes Barn Cameras, Bag Checks

Stu Johnson
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WEKU News

    Safety and security for people and horses is a major concern for officials of this weekend’s Breeders Cup Championships at Keeneland.  The additional security measures may require a little more patience from attendees.

For racing fans, pre-paid parking permits are required to get onto the Keeneland grounds.  All others are being asked to take shuttles from off-site parking lots.  Keeneland Vice President Vince Gabbard says patrons will undergo wand and soft bag checks when entering the track.  “The cuing lines may be a little bit slower than they normally are," Gabbard said. "But, with so many gates being open and the areas being so spread out for everybody, we anticipate that everything will move very efficiently.”

Breeders Cup Senior Vice President Dora Delgado says additional barn surveillance is in place.  “That also afforded us the opportunity to put a high definition camera in every corner of the shed row there,” said Delgado. “Eight cameras in every barn and that’s 72 cameras down there.”

The field of horses running in this weekend’s Breeders Cup at Keeneland is a healthy bunch. 

So says Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Equine Medical Director Mary Scollay. She says the horses’ pre-race medical exams checked out well.  “And I can tell you the medication load carried by the horses was really strikingly low and gave me some confidence that these are quite healthy horses and not requiring much in the way of medications," explained Scollay.

The first race of The Breeders Cup is Friday afternoon at 3:30. ?

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